Peter Watson

Broschiertes Buch

Terrible Beauty: A Cultural History of the Twentieth Century

The People and Ideas that Shaped the Modern Mind: A History

Beschreibung

A history of the twentieth century which covers all the ideas, people, great events, literary and artistic movements, scientific discoveries which have shaped the twentieth century. 'Breathtakingly entertaining, endlessly instructive, irresistibly enjoyable' THE TIMES

Autor

Peter Watson was born in 1943 and educated at the universities of Durham, London and Rome. He was deputy editor of New Society and spent four years as part of the 'Insight' team of The Sunday Times. He was New York correspondent of The Times and has written for the Observer, The New York Times, Punch and The Spectator. He is the author of thirteen books and has presented several television programmes about the arts. Since 1998 he has been a Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, at the University of Cambridge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion, London
• Seitenzahl: 864
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 157mm x 233mm x 57mm
• Gewicht: 1244g
• ISBN-13: 9781842124444
• ISBN-10: 1842124447
• Artikelnr.: 12178113

Rezensionen

Breathtakingly entertaining, endlessly instructive, irresistibly enjoyable THE TIMES